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Unholy Ghosts: Writers on Depression Edited by Neil Casey, Harper Perennial, 2002 A series of personal essays or illness narratives written by writers and artists about their experiences with depression. Investigating a connection between creativity and depression, many of the authors reflect on the relationship between their art and their mood disorders. Healing Emotions: Converstaions with the Dalai Lama on Mindfulness, Emotions, and Health Edited by Daniel Goleman, Shambhala Publications, 2003 Discussions between His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama and a group of prominent physicians, psychologists, and meditation teachers on the mind's ability to heal the body. An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness Kay Redfield Jamison, Vintage; 1 edition, 1997 A psychiatrist recounts her poignant and harrowing experiences living with Bipolar illness, while castiing an objective eye on the psychiatry profession. Let Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation Parker J. Palmer, Jossey-Bass, 1999 In this book Palmer, an educational activist and senior advisor to the Fetzer Institute, tells stories from his own life and the lives of others, sharing insights gained from darkness and depression as well as inspiration gained from finding your path. He illustrates the value of listening to one's inner teacher in order to gain a sense of meaning and purpose. The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression Andrew Solomon, Simon & Schuster, 2001 A wrenching, exhaustive, and inspired analysis of every devastating aspect of depression from personal breakdowns to cultural politics, by someone who has lived it firsthand.
The Theory and Treatment of Depression: Towards a Dynamic Interactionism Model Editors: J. Corveleyn, P. Luyten, S.J. Blatt and H. Lens-Gielis, Lawrence Eribaum, 2005 A comprehensive examination of emerging conceptual models in depression that inegrates psychological and biological approaches. A collaborative work from European and American depression researchers. Handbook of Depression Edited by I.H. Gotlin and C.L. Hamden, Guildford Press, 2002 An excellent, consise scholarly volume on contemporary perspectives on depression genetics, assessment, epidemiology, vulnerability and risk factors, models of treatment, lifespan and diversity issues. Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain and Illness Jon Kabat-Zinn, Delacorte, 1990 Written by the founder of the Stress Reduction Clnic at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center, this book charts the use of mindfulness meditation to help patients deal with illness, emphasizing the integration of meditative practice into everyday life. Mindfulnness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Depression: A New Approach to Preventing Relapse Z. Segal, J.M.G. Williams, and J.D. Teasdale, Guildford, 2002 Explores how cognition and emotion interact, furthering the understanding of the deep inner capacities of human beings for healing. It presents an innovative eight-session program that has been clinically proven to support recovery from depression and prevent relapse.
In recent years, the books on integrative approaches to treating depression and other conditions has proliferated. These books tend to be written with a popular audience in mind and thus prone to simplification and/or generalizations. Some are more rigorously researched and referenced than others. Radical Healing Rudolph Ballentine, Random House, 1999 An enlightening book on holistic living and self-health practices. Ballentine's chapter on exercise, movement and consciousness is extraordinary and worth reading again and again. He is a strong proponent of moving the body -- through exercise or some other movement practice -- as an essential for depressed people. The Chemistry of Joy Henry Emmons, Fireside, 2006 What is appealing and original about this book is that it approaches depression and other forms of emotional distress from an integrative medicine perspective -- combining principles from Ayurvedic medicine with current scientific practice. The Tridosha model maps well onto specific categories of depression -- anxious depression, agitated depression, and sluggish depression. Recommendations for living a balanced lifestyle are helpful. The Healer Within: Usiing Traditional Chinese Techniques to Release Your Body's Own Medicine Roger Jahnke, HarperOne, 1998 This is just a wonderful book -- a veritable handbook for systematic self-healing written by an acupuncturist (Doctor of Oriental Medicine). Although it is not focused on depression, the mind-body exercises can be benefiicial for any illness or condition. Integrative Medicine: Principles for Practice Edited by B. Kligler & R. Lee A comprehensive, well-researched textbook from the Continuum Center for Health and Healing of Beth Israel Medical Center in New York. It covers a wide array of therapeutic modalities and integrative approaches to medical conditions. The Book of Do-In: Excercise for Physical and Spiritual Development Michio Kushi, Japan Publications, 1979 A classic introduction to the Tao of Shin Sen, a series of traditional exercises based on the macrobitoic way of life. One doesn't need to follow the diet to benefit from the practices. Dr. Kushi was the founder of the East West Foundation in Boston. The Omega-3 Connection: The Antidepressant Diet Andrew L. Stoll, Free Press; 1st edition, 2001 The first book to investigate the benefits of essential fatty acids for depression. The Mindful Way Through Depression M. Williams, J. Teasdale, Z. Seagal and J. Kabat-Zinn, The Guileford Press, 2007 Mindfulness, a simple yet powerful way of paying attention to your most difficult emotions and life experiences, can help break the cycle of chronic unhappiness. Through lessons drawn from both Eastern meditative traditions and cognitive therapy, the book demonstrates how to change the mental habits that lead to despair, including rumination and self-blame, in order to face life's challenges with greater resilience.
Classic Texts The Life Divine, Vol. 1 and 2 Sri Aurobino, Pondicherry, Sri Aurobindo Ashram, 1973 Based on the philosophy of the Indian mystic whose travels in higher consciousness are worth the serious focus and study they demand. Meetings with Remarkable Men G.I. Gurdjieff, Wilder Publications, 2010 Gurdjieff introduces us to some of the companions he encountered in his travels to the most remote regions of Central Asia on his own search for a real and universal knowledge. The Perennial Philosophy: An Interpretation of the Great Mystics, East and West Aldous Huxley, Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2009 A classic compendium of writing and poetry on attaining consciousness and enlightenment from Western and Eastern seers, sages, and mystics. The Fourth Way: An Arrangement by Subject of Verbatim Extracts from the Records of Ouspensky's Meetings in London and New York, 1921-46 P.D. Oupensky, Vintage Books, 1971 Consisting of verbatim records of Ouspensky's oral teaching from 1921 to 1946, the book provides lucid explanation of the practical side of G.I. Gurdjieff's teachings. Effortless Being: The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Translator, Alistair Shearer, HaperCollins, 1990 This remarkable book has photographs by Richard Lannoy of caves, temples and cisterns dating from the 2nd century. May be out of print. The Religions of Man Huston Smith, Harper & Row, 1965 An overview of the world's religions. Contemporary Texts Essense with the Elixir of Enlightenment: The Diamond Approach to Inner Realization A.H. Almaas, Weiser Books, 1998 Almaas describes a spiritual training that draws from psychoanalysis, Sufism, Buddhism, and Gurdjieff and whose source is an essential reality and truth. CDs Awakening Compassion Pema Chodrum, Sounds True, 2003 www.soundstrue.com Based on the Tibetan Buddhists practice of lojong (mind training), Chodron, one of the Western world's best-known lojong teachers and practitioners, shows how painful emotions can be used as ways to find wisdom, compassion and fearlessness.
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